Our backyard!

God has really blessed us in that we are able to live in a beautiful area up in the hills that overlook Berkeley. There is an awesome park/lake within walking distance, and we are very close to a botanical garden and UC Berkeley's "Strawberry Canyon" facilities. The house belongs to an amazing (elderly) Christian lady. We have the downstairs portion of the house, and our entrance is at the back of the house (shown in a photo below). That means no one really comes to the back of the house, except for the two of us. Which means, this backyard is ours to enjoy as we sit and talk over coffee, have lunch on the picnic table, or plant our own veggie garden. When we moved in, we had lemons, apples, pears and plums in bloom. Right now, we only have lemons and apples. I really love our backyard! Even though I don't have a green thumb myself, I love to just go and sit with Ruco while he weeds and gardens.

I come to the garden alone
While the dew is still on the roses

And the voice I hear falling on my ear
The Son of God discloses.

And He walks with me, and He talks with me,
And He tells me I am His own;

And the joy we share as we tarry there,
None other has ever known.

He speaks, and the sound of His voice,
Is so sweet the birds hush their singing,

And the melody that He gave to me
Within my heart is ringing.

And He walks with me, and He talks with me,
And He tells me I am His own;

And the joy we share as we tarry there,
None other has ever known.

I’d stay in the garden with Him
Though the night around me be falling,

But He bids me go; through the voice of woe
His voice to me is calling.

And He walks with me, and He talks with me,
And He tells me I am His own;
And the joy we share as we tarry there,
None other has ever known.